Bipolar Disorder and Sleep: I want to fall asleep on my own tonight

It’s a great night when I can get to sleep without sleep meds. I go through long periods when I’m fine and then I have nights where I simply won’t sleep unless I take my Ativan. It’s not that I don’t want to sleep- and it’s not that I’m manic. I just won’t sleep. I [...]

Bipolar Disorder and Sleep: Football, friends, brain chatter and Ativan

Sorry guys, I am going to be a broken record for a few days about my travels and how they affect bipolar disorder. I’m on the East Coast and wow, I have had sleep problems. Last night I stayed up late (midnight) to watch the football playoffs and when I finally got to bed I [...]

I slept nine hours!

Well, nine hours of sleep is so amazing for me I actually woke up and wanted to do a little jig. I’m what I call an undersleeper. I was actually talking with my friend Kristin yesterday- she’s the author of Bipolar and Pregnant, and we spent a long time talking about bipolar disorder and sleep. [...]

Sleep and Bipolar Disorder

Sleep is the Key

A friend of mine who writes books on bipolar said, “The main way to manage bipolar disorder is to manage your …. sleep.”

He’s totally right. I talk about this in my book Take Charge of Bipolar [...]